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Introduction to Cat Care - Your New Cat

Welcome to our beginning lessons on Cat Care. If you've just adopted your first cat, you'll have lots of questions about his or her care and management. I'll offer the basic information first, and an "intermediate" class will take it from there.

This course is ongoing, and no matter when you sign up, you'll start with lesson one, and move on with one lesson each day, to the end, when you and your cat will "graduate."
There are a few things you should be aware of before you sign up for the Introduction to Cat Care class:

Enter your email address carefully. If you make a mistake, I'll get a "bounced" email, and I will have no way to let you know.

Due to the amount of email I receive, I cannot personally reply to "anti-spam" measures you or your ISP may use. So if you're using something that blocks email until a "real person" sends it, you'll need to turn it off to receive the class, OR include cats.guide@about.com in your "approved" email list.

Should you feel you need more time to digest the information, take it. Some lessons may take months to fully process (such as Lesson 3, on food and nutrition.)

Likewise, if you want to move ahead, click on the "Missed Lessons" link at the bottom of each lesson, and select the lesson(s) that you want mailed immediately.

There'll be no tests and no final grade, but you'll finish this class secure in the knowledge that you are giving your cat the best home possible.
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